Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers (häftad, eng)

When eighty-seven passengers and crew died in the shipwreck of the Royal Mail ship Egypt in 1922, the accident gave rise to a racist international press campaign against the employment of Indian seafarers, such as those who made up most of the ship’s crew. This was not unusual at a time when a fifth of the British mercantile marine’s workforce was recruited from the subcontinent.

Ravi Ahuja explains the business logic behind a labour regime steeped in racist irrationalism and examines the scope for solidarity among a divided workforce in an age of imperialism – an issue that is no less relevant in our own time.

Format	Häftad
Omfång	256 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	Verso Books
Utgivningsdatum	2024-12-17
ISBN	9781804293515